AusWeb95 - First Australian WWW Conference - Australia, April/May 1995
Ballina Beach Resort, Ballina, Far North Coast of New South Wales, Australia=
.
29 April to 2 May 1995

NEWS ABOUT AUSWEB95

AusWeb95 will be hosted by Southern Cross University at the Ballina Beach
Resort in Ballina on the Far North Coast of New South Wales, Australia from
29 April to 2 May 1995.

There has been considerable interest in AusWeb95 and it seems likely that
the conference will be a sellout at 120 registrants as will the
preconference workshop with only 20 participants. We have always conceived
of AusWeb95 as being small enough that participants can meet everyone at
the conference and we have designed the program to maximise interaction.

=46ull details on AusWeb95, a form to register interests, photos of the
conference venue and of Ballina and nearby Byron Bay can all be seen at:

Copies of the AusWeb95 pamphlet are also available from the confernce
organisers.

OVERSEAS SPEAKERS

A number of overseas participants have indicated their participation in AusW=
eb95
and, following our assessment of the interests of participants (see below),
keynote speakers are currently being finalised.

SPONSORSHIP

We are pleased to announce that AusWeb95 is being sponsored by CISCO
Systems and other sponsorships are being arranged.

=46EEDBACK FROM CONFERENCE REGISTRANTS

The registration of interests form allows nomination of interests and space
to include other areas of interest. Following feedback from registrants on
the form and by email, we have been able to plan the conference to
accomodate most interests. The (near to final) program is as follows:

9:00am-5:00pm All day Preconference Training Workshop
8:00pm Conference Dinner and Official Opening. The conference dinner
is being held at the start of the conference so that everyone has a
chance to meet the other conference participants before the conference
commences.

3:15-4pm Simultaneous sessions
Session 15 Commercial and corporate applications of the Web including copyri=
ght
Session 16 Australia and the Web - what is our future?

4:00-5:00pm Plenary session and overseas speaker

PRESENTATION EQUIPMENT

In each of the two conference rooms there will be high quality video
projection equipment and computers with permanent connection to the
Internet. Presenters can show the appropriate Web pages during
their discussions.

There will be both full papers and poster sessions at AusWeb95. Full papers
will be moderated on the basis of submission of abstracts and will normally
be between 2,000 and 5,000 words in length. The proceedings will be made
available on the Web and also in print form in "R Debreceny and A Ellis (199=
5)
AusWeb95 Lismore, NSW: Norsearch".

KEY DATES

The key dates for AusWeb95 are:

23 January 1995 - Abstracts due for full papers
3 February 1995 - Decisions on abstracts and tracks
3 March 1995 - Early bird registrations close
23 March 1995 - Full papers due
23 March 1995 - Final date for poster sessions proposals
23 March 1995 - Final date for Birds of a Feather proposals
29-30 April 1995 - Preconference Workshop
30 April-2 May 1995 - AusWeb95

Given that many of us in Australia will only just be back from summer
holidays in mid-January, there will be a few days leeway in the acceptance
of abstracts for full papers .. but if you have your abstract ready on 23
January please let us have it at that time so that the refereeing pipeline
can be filled. Remember abstracts should be sent by email to
<ausweb95@scu.edu.au>. The final papers will be required in HTML format ..
details are on the AusWeb95 server.

Proposals for BoF or poster sessions can be emailed at any date up to 23 Mar=
ch.

TUTORIAL SESSIONS

Our thanks to Ken Yap and Bill Simpson-Young from CSIRO for offering to run
two tutorial sessions which are Sessions 5 & 13.

Apart from Ken and Bill's tutorial sessions there will be a "hands on"
Preconference Training Workshop which will be held at the University on
Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 April. The workshop is designed for those who
have heard about the Web and wish to learn about this important resource.
No WWW, or for that matter Internet, experience is assumed. Participants
will learn how to author WorldWideWeb materials and how to bring a server
to the net. The workshop will be very much hands on and will use training
materials which have been developed for staff at Southern Cross University.
The workshop will conclude with each participant developing material which
will incorporate text, graphics, video and sound.

o accomodation at the Ballina Beach Resort on a first-come,
first-served basis with alternative accomodation at other high quali=
ty
motels in Ballina for two nights
o two conference dinners, all other meals, morning and afternoon teas
o conference proceedings.

The Preconference Training Workshop fee includes

o full set of training notes and slides
o ancillary materials
o two nights accommodation
o dinner on the Saturday night and all other food.
o coach transport between Ballina and the university campus